(01-30) 08:50 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bay Area saw its first rain since early December with scattered sprinkles late Wednesday and early Thursday, but the scant precipitation totals recorded in most cities will do little to calm fears of an ongoing drought.

Residents in San Francisco woke up to wet streets, but forecasters with the National Weather Service said just three-hundredths of an inch of rain fell in the downtown area.

San Jose recorded about a tenth of an inch, while Mount Diablo received the most rain - about eighteen-hundredths of an inch.

The rain is expected to taper off throughout Thursday as the system moves south, and lingering showers aren't expected to add significantly to rainfall totals, said Austin Cross, a weather service forecaster.

There is a chance of more showers Sunday, as the tail end of a weather system could clip the Bay Area. Rainfall totals from that system are expected to be similar to, or fall short of, the totals from the most recent system, forecasters said.